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March 17, 2012

Sign language ‘turned into text’ by Aberdeen scientists

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by the BBC

It is hoped the new technology could transform how sign language users communicate Technology aimed at translating sign language into text is being developed by Aberdeen scientists. The portable sign language translator (PSLT) would use the camera on devices such as laptops and phones. An app would then translate the movements into text which can be read by people, who may not understand sign language. Computing scientists at Technabling, a spin-out company of the University of Aberdeen, are behind the technology. Their signs are immediately translated into text which can be read by the person they are conversing with” It is hoped this could transform how sign language users – from the profoundly deaf to those who have lost hearing in later life – communicate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17297489

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